Australian here: ebikes are crazy popular in both Sydney and Melbourne. I'm a regular cyclist and I get overtaken about 10 times per trip by ebikes. If I didn'

Australian here: ebikes are crazy popular in both Sydney and Melbourne. I'm a regular cyclist and I get overtaken about 10 times per trip by ebikes. If I didn't have such as short commute, I would jump on it! We have above-average bike lanes (in some suburbs, anyway), so that's not a major issue. A major concern seems to be security. My neighbor had a battery stolen from his ebike while he was getting beer.